Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-04-07
LEGISLATIVE.
THE CLOSING. DAYS OF THE
SESSION.
Some Account Of the Proceedings OF the
Last Week OF that Aody.

/ March 27.-In the senate, twelve coun-
| ty line bills from the house were passed.
| They propose changes between Meigs
and McMinn. Monroe and McMinn, Mon.
roe and Loudon. Bill regulating the
weighing of coal passed. House bill to
amend the charter of Chattanooga pas
sed. House bill TO prevent blacklisting
| by corporations passed. The house bill
exempting militia from jury service when
In actual service passed. The house bill
to compel railroads to provide waiting
rooms at stations numbering 800 inhab
itans passed. The appropriation bill
was taken up The salaries Of first
clerks for the comptroller and treasurer
was increased to two thousand dollars,
the governors clerk being fixed at fifteen
hundred dollars. The superintendent of
the capitol was placed at one thousand
and the superintendent Of prisons at
twenty four hundred dollars. At the af-
ternoon session the governor sent the fol-
lowing nominations of trustees for the
West Tennessee Insane Asylum: Austin
Miller of Hardeman county. J. r. Good
win ofShelby county. A. W. Brockway
OF Haywood. Directors of the Tenn.
ssee industrial School; East Tennessee,
s.. j. kirkpatrick Of Washington, W.
Gettys of McMinn, Middle Tenness ee,
Jas. NJ. Head, s. F. Benson and Lewis
I, Baxter of Davidson. West Tennessee,
VIM. Saford Of Upton, Thos. J. Latham
OF Shelby. Superintendent of the state
penitentiary, Robert Burrow of Wash.
ington county. The senate went into
executive session and confirmed the
nominations, there being division on
| Burrow.
The appropriation bill was amended to
give seven thousand dollars to the bu.
reau OF agriculture. AT night the appro-
| priation bill was considered but not CON
cluded. The bill to change the line be-
tween Hamblen and Hawkins county
was rejected. The house bill TO provide
for constitutional convention was taken
up, and pending consideration the senate
adjourned.
In the house the senate amendments
to the assessment bill were concurred In.
The senate bill to extend the provisions
OF the consolidation of street railroads,
was substituted for Mr.. Harris bill and
passed. The senate bill for the organi-
zation of natural gas companies passed.
The senate bill providing for the consoli-
dation OF railroads not competing,
passed. Mr.. Tyler's bill for the relief Of
the Whitesburg railroad passed. The
senate pool bill failed for want of the
constitutional majority. In the after.
noon consideration of the revenue bill
was concluded, and 1t passed as
amended. The report of the special
committee appointed to ascertain the
number or liquor dealers in the state and
the amount of revenue due and amount
paid to the state by liquor dealers from
April 1st, 1885, to April 1st, 1886, was
read. II shows that there are 1,647 Ii.
quor dealers in West and Middle Tenn.
essee. From these Is due approximately
| $50, 1885. The report Of the Committee
appointed TO examine, count and destroy
the Torbett issue was read. They find
$31 900 funded under act of 1883 and
$875, 900 under that of 1885. Five days
were asked to destroy 1t, and the house
adopted the resolution hitherto adopted
by the senate allowing the committee to
sit after sine die adjournment. A! night
local bills were taken up The bill en-
powering the treasurer of the University
OF Tennessee to receive any money do
mated. failed for want ola constitutional
majority. Mr.. Allen, of Shelby, called
up the bill to make the state liable for
officers fees In criminal cases where the
defendant is insolvent. 1t failed for
want of a constitutional majority. The
bill for the benefit of the seventh day ad.
ventists was tabled.
MARCH 2s.-In the senate, the house
bill to allow county courts to appoint
commits sioners to govern extinct terms,
of the second-class passed. The appro.
priation bill was taken up and recon-
sidcration had of the normal school ap.
preparation. which was. then fixed at
ten thousand dollars per annum. 10 come
out of the school fund. The bill passed.
The senate bill to charter the Charles.
ton, Cinncinati and Chicago railroad
passed. The house bill to charter the
Farmers and Laborers' Mutual Associa.
tion Of Tennessee passed. The house
bill to require all justices to attend the
quarterly court court passed.. House
bill to subject foreign corporations to
suit in this state passed. Mr.. Norment
reported from the conference committee
on the appropriations bill. The action
Of the committee report strikes out the
travelling expenses Of the superintendent
OF public instruction. giving the comp.
trollers and treasurers principal clerk
$1,sOO per year, allowing three porters
for the use of the capitol, two 10 be un.
der the control of the superintendent,
allowing the commissioner Of agriculture
$1,000 for the employment of an assistant
commissioner. The report was adopted.
The constitutional convention bill failed
for the want Of constitutional majority.
The house bill making the firing of
woods misdemeanor was passed.
The house upon reconsideration Of
the bill authorizing the treasurer of the
University of Tennessee to receipt for
certain money appropriated by the gov.
ernment, passed. The house concurred
In the senate amendment to appiopria-
tion bill striking out five and inserting sew.
en- thousand for the agricultural bureau
Also in that raising the normal appro.
priation. Also an amendment striking
out the appropriation for the heirs OF
Smith and Douglass of Knoxville. The
pool bill was reconsidered and failed for
the want Of constitutional majority.
The senate bill to require the clerks Of
courts to keep the reports OF the supreme
court in their offices and not loan them,
passed. The bill to compel corporations.
firms and companies 10 redeem their